This year has been an exceptionally busy one in the field of costs and it is…
Year: 2014
Access to justice and the funding gap
In a mature legal system, with a complex body of law, I would suggest that access to justice is to…
Admissions and the RTA Protocol
This week I had cause to look at the Protocol for Low Value Personal Injury Claims in Road Traffic…
Privilege, detailed assessments and private hearings
The case of Eurasian Natural Resources Corporation Limited v Dechert LLP [2014] EWHC 3389 (Ch)…
Costs and the administration of estates
Some years ago, The Guardian estimated that as at 2009 the high street banks and solicitors…
Costs and NIHL
Recent pronouncements by the ABI have challenged the amount of costs that insurers are paying to…
NIHL and success fees
Submissions concluded today before Mr Justice Phillips in Birmingham, on the point as to whether NIHL/tinnitus…
Be you never so high the law is above you
The title of this post made famous in modern times by Lord Denning derives originally from…
Is NIHL a disease or an injury?
On 16th October 2014 Mr Justice Phillips sitting in the High Court in Cardiff will hear…
Assessment of Costs in the Supreme Court
It is always a pleasure to attend the Supreme Court for the purposes of a detailed…